Mrs Trump and Ghanaian First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo on red carpet as dancers, drummers and school children welcome the American First Lady at Kotoka Airport this morning in Accra, first stop on her Africa visit. (Pool photo by @katierogers) pic.twitter.com/lJ7OEcEAG1

Visiting the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, the first lady handed out teddy bears to the children.

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.@FLOTUS speaks with young child as she hands out teddy bears and Be Best-themed blankets donated by the White House to young children and their mothers at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Accra, Ghana. #BeBestpic.twitter.com/jh6erTOJei

Trump then visited with Ghana’s first lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, as they had a private tea at the presidential palace.

Mrs Trump also greeted on arrival in Accra by her Ghanaian counterpart, First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo. Pat Nixon was the first US First Lady to make a solo visit to Africa in 1972, a trip which also included a stop in Ghana, along with Côte d’Ivoire (then, Ivory Coast) & Liberia. pic.twitter.com/hllnhgvVvv

At Jubilee House in Accra, the presidential palace, Mrs Trump invited to tea with Ghanaian First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo. Mrs Trump gave her host a Chippendale tray etched with image of the WH. @FLOTUS received a Kente cloth, a patterned Ghanaian fabric. (Photo: @katierogers) pic.twitter.com/pTlLbbki3R

This trip will be Trump’s first extended period promoting her “Be Best” campaign, started earlier this year, which is focused on child welfare.

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Will there be complications?

The Africa program director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Judd Devermont, said, that Trump may have “some heavy lifting to do on this trip and it’s a little bit unfair because that’s not what a first lady’s trip should be about,” according to Voice of America News.

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This follows as President Donald Trump was accused of previously using “hate-filled, vile and racist” words toward immigrants from African countries, The Telegraph reported.

However, a senior Africa policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation, Joshua Meservey said that President Trump’s words won’t affect Trump’s visit, according to VOA News.

“I think the U.S.-Africa relationship is much bigger than the president’s comments, and it’s been going on for decades and decades. Frankly, I suspect the vast majority of average Africans have not heard of any of those dust-ups. It’s very much an elite preoccupation.”

President Trump praised his wife

“Proud of our great First Lady – and she loves doing this!” President Trump tweeted with an image of the first lady at the hospital in Ghana.

“She had always envisioned that Africa would be her first solo trip,” her communications director, Stephanie Grisham, said, The Telegraph reported. “She is interested in Africa because she has never been before and knows that each country will have its own unique history and culture.”

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She is so lovely and gracious…so happy she is doing this Solo tour…as all eyes will be on her…she will have such an impact on Africa….